The Neighborhood Placemaking grant program is designed to provide small, but strategic investments in cultural heritage tourism (non-capital) projects within the heritage area.
Donor Name: Baltimore National Heritage Area
State: Maryland
City: Baltimore
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Baltimore Heritage Area Association (DBA- The Baltimore National Heritage Area) administers the Neighborhood Placemaking Grant Program.
The goal of the Neighborhood Placemaking Grant Program is to assist neighborhoods:
- With enhancing their quality of life through heritage tourism stewardship;
- Become more visitor-friendly and visitor-ready;
- Balance community and tourism; and
- Increase awareness of the Baltimore National Heritage Area and its resources for neighborhoods.
Funding Information
$1,500-$5,000 with a $1 for $1 match required of the grantee. The match can be any combination of cash or in-kind support appropriate to the project (Example: Requesting a $2,000 award/$2,000 match by grantee for a $4,000 total project cost.
Grant Period
February 1, 2026– February 1, 2027.
Eligible Activities
The Neighborhood Placemaking Grant Program may only be used to fund non-capital projects within the below three priority areas. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but projects must align with one or more priority areas:
- Navigate Your Neighborhood
- Plan Your Neighborhood
- Green Your Neighborhood.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Neighborhood Placemaking Grant, applicant organizations must meet each of the following criteria:
- Be located within the boundary of the state heritage area (or the program/activity will happen within the boundary area). Please be sure to check the BNHA state boundary map to ensure your project is within the heritage area.
- Be a nonprofit organization, tax-exempt community or neighborhood association in good standing with the State of Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation.
- If not a nonprofit organization, the applicant organization agrees to be the fiscal agent responsible for the grant award deliverables (a signed agreement between the fiscal agent and community partner must be uploaded with the full online application.
- Be qualified to do business in Maryland; AND
- Have the legal capacity and authority to incur obligations involved under the grant program.
- Eligible activities must address or complete a priority activity identified in and consistent with the goals, objectives, strategies, and actions outlined in the 2013 Baltimore National Heritage Area Comprehensive Management Plan. Generally, grants will be made as one-time awards and not for ongoing projects or activities that require a multi-year grant commitment.
For more information, visit BNHA.
